Mack Heads to Boston for BIOMEDevice
Mack is excited to announce the addition of BIOMEDevice Boston to the Company’s event schedule this year and invites you to come see us at Booth # 233.
Taking place May 15-16, 2019, at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, BIOMEDevice bills itself as New England’s largest medical technology event, featuring the most extensive showcase of medtech, design engineering, and embedded systems products from top companies, all on one floor. Back for its 10th year, the event includes three expos – BIOMEDevice Boston, Design & Manufacturing New England and Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) Boston – as well as the ESC Boston and BIOMEDevice Boston conferences tracks covering topics such as product development, R&D, embedded hardware design & verification, embedded software design & verification, IoT and connected devices, focus on fundamentals and advanced technologies. By the end you can expect to have swapped insights with more than 3,000 industry peers and found new business partners among the over 375 suppliers present.
Typically the Mack hits the coasts each year – MD&M West in Anaheim California in February and MD&M East in New York City in June – but we know that can be a long wait to take in our smiling faces and leverage our expertise. That is why we are ready to show you our capabilities in medical product development, program management, quality, regulatory, document control, purchasing, sales and production at BIOMEDevice Boston.
While its roots are in custom injection molding, today Mack Molding is a vertically integrated product development and manufacturing partner that can help take ideas from inception through prototyping to manufacturing as a full-service contract manufacturer with specialties in plastics design, prototyping, molding, sheet metal fabrication, machining and turnkey system assembly. Whether you are interested in Mack Medical, Mack Molding, Mack Technologies, Mack Prototype or Synectic Product Development, the design function is part of a total product development solution geared toward reducing cost and time-to-market and our vertically integrated services have been organized to benefit your business throughout the product life cycle.
In fact, we are also excited to say our engineering arm, Synectic, which specializes design engineering, creating intellectual property, pre-clinical testing and manufacturing, will be on hand as well, exhibiting at Booth # 535.
And if that wasn’t enough, Mack is offering a code to get a free expo pass or 20% off a conference pass. Just use SPECIALMAC2 when registering at http://biomedboston.com/SPECIAL. We hope to see you there!
Synectic Product Development Poised for Growth in New Woodbridge, Conn., Facility
WOODBRIDGE, Conn. (April 2, 2019) – Buoyed by an increase in its design and development clientele and a strong business climate in Connecticut, Synectic Product Development has invested more than $1 million to relocate from Milford, Conn., to a newly-renovated, state-of-the-art facility in Woodbridge, Conn.
As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mack Molding, Synectic serves as Mack’s product development and engineering services arm, focusing on design, research, development, and manufacturing of medical devices and consumer products. With more than 38 years of experience, Synectic has built specialties in design engineering, prototype fabrication, creating intellectual property, pre-clinical testing and manufacturing.
Synectic’s New Assembly Lab Space
The 11 Lunar Drive facility has been renovated to meet the Company’s specific needs, and features a new controlled manufacturing environment that could easily be turned into a clean room for small volume manufacturing. The building itself can be expanded by another 3,000-4,000 square feet to meet future growth needs.
“We more than quadrupled our assembly space to accommodate an increase in growth in our design and rapid prototyping projects.” Synectic President Adam Lehman said. “We doubled the size of our machine shop to increase our in house capabilities, particularly when it comes to part production for prototyping and manufacturing.”
A true Connecticut innovator, Synectic was founded in Orange, Conn., in 1981. The Company moved to Milford in 1996 where it operated until February 2019 when it opened the more than 10,000-square-foot engineering and manufacturing center in Woodbridge. Today Synectic employs 15 people – primarily engineers – and Lehman indicated the Lunar Drive location can be expanded for additional personnel growth.
Above, top, 11 Lunar Drive prior to Synectic’s renovation. Above, bottom, the building as it appears today.
As a diversified product development company, Synectic has designed and delivered numerous products that encompass a broad sector of the medical device industry. Areas of concentration include cardiac, endoscopic, diagnostics, bariatric, interventional cardiovascular, diabetes care, minimally invasive, orthopedics, endovascular, gynecological/urological, neurological, general surgery, dental, ophthalmologic, drug delivery and consumer healthcare products.
According to Lehman, the time was right to make the move considering the recent investments in promoting the lifescience, manufacturing and tech industries through accelerators, incubators and training programs across the state.
“From Stamford to Branford to Hartford, we are seeing the state and private industry making Connecticut a hub of innovation and growth,” he said. “Our new Lunar Drive operations has provided us a footprint to seize this opportunity in a space that is optimized to serve our customers. Whether you’re a start-up, seasoned-entrepreneur or a large organization, Synectic’s engineers are prepared to get your product to market, from brainstorming and concept development to engineering, product optimization, prototyping, testing and manufacturing.”
About Synectic Product Development
Founded in 1981, Synectic Product Development is a full-service product design and development company focusing on design, research, development and manufacturing of medical devices and consumer products. Synectic’s specialties include design engineering, creating intellectual property, pre-clinical testing, and manufacturing. It designs for clinical relevance, manufacturability, ergonomics and cost efficiency. Synectic is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mack Molding. For more information, go to www.synectic.net.
About Mack Molding
Mack Molding is a leading custom plastics molder and supplier of contract manufacturing services. Mack specializes in plastics design, prototyping, molding, sheet metal fabrication, full-service machining and medical device manufacturing. Founded in 1920, Mack is a privately owned business that operates 11 facilities throughout the world. Don Kendall is CEO and chairman. For more information, go to www.mack.com.
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Mack Community Garden
It may be spring, but a late winter storm is hitting the northeast. Of course that’s nothing the team at Mack Molding’s Arlington, Vt., headquarters can’t handle! Especially when they think about how soon employees will be able take advantage of the Company’s community garden featuring more than 20 raised garden beds, captured rain water and gardening tools to grow everything from strawberries to corn.
Mack Announces Additions to Team
Continued New Business Growth Drives Hiring at Molder & Contract Manufacturer
ARLINGTON, Vt. (Feb. 5, 2019) – Mack Molding has announced staffing additions across the Company, including new manufacturing, quality and engineering talent, human resources leadership in the company’s Southern Division and the return of three former interns to full-time positions.
“Our most recent batch of recruits represents a broad spectrum of new and experienced talent,” said Mack Molding President Jeff Somple. “We have now seen 19 former interns return to the fold in the last three years, and with the resurgence of manufacturing in the U.S. a greater interest from seasoned manufacturers and engineers necessary to provide leadership to our team and ensure our customers’ programs are successful.”
Trudy Hood has been appointed Mack Molding’s new Director of Human Resources for the Southern Division. Prior to Mack, Trudy most recently managed all human resources, safety, workers compensation, training and environmental functions for Ply Gen Siding Group’s Gaffney, S.C., facility. Prior to that she was corporate human resources manager for Core Molding Technologies, with responsibility for its U.S.-based plants and one facility in Mexico. In addition to having a bachelor of science in business administration from Limestone College in Gaffney, S.C., Trudy is a certified professional in human resources with more than 20 years of experience.
Jeanne LaFountain has joined the sales and engineering team as a program manager at the Company’s headquarters, providing leadership in regards to the customer relationship, planning, product realization and production, budget and cost management, and sales growth. Jeanne most recently worked as a process engineer at Spectrum Plastics Group in Glens Falls, N.Y., and gained additional experience as an associate process engineer at Latham, N.Y., based medical device manufacturer AngioDynamics. Jeanne has a bachelor of science degree in plastics engineering tech from Penn State Behrend in Erie, Penn.
Jonathan Scheiner has joined Mack’s Cavendish facility as manufacturing manager. A seasoned manufacturing leader, Jonathan brings 20 years of engineering, manufacturing and operational experience to the role. Prior to Mack he most recently he served as production manager for Canary Systems in New London, N.H., where he managed day-to-day production and office personnel. He garnered previous experience in management and leadership roles with Whitney Blake in Bellows Falls, Vt., and Precision Contract Manufacturing in Springfield, Vt. He has a bachelor’s degree in industrial technologies from Keene State College in Keene, N.H., and is a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.
Dwayne Hannam has been appointed to the role of manufacturing engineer on the manufacturing engineering team at the Company’s headquarters. Dwayne has a significant background in electrical engineering and prior to Mack most recently worked at NSK Americas in Bennington, Vt., starting as an electrical controls technician and assistant lead tech before being promoted to a manufacturing engineer. He previously built engineering expertise with Parker Hannifin in Long Island, N.Y., and as an electrician with LWD Construction in Jamaica, N.Y. He has a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology in East Elmhurst, N.Y.
Former intern Ethan Marsh has returned to Mack as a metals manufacturing engineer at the Company’s headquarters. Ethan will be responsible for all metals manufacturing engineering requirements. Having spent more than 100 weeks in the Company’s halls as an intern and co-op, he brings a deep familiarity with Mack and its processes to the role. Most recently Ethan was a sheet metal design engineering intern. He previously served as a plastic design engineering intern, a medical manufacturing engineering intern and as a quality engineering and manufacturing intern. Ethan has a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, N.Y.
The quality team at Mack headquarters has welcomed Alistair Adams as a quality engineer with responsibility for compliance with our customers’ quality requirements. Before joining Mack, Alistair previously served as an aircraft mechanic with M1 Services. He also gained previous quality and engineering experience as an aircraft engine craftsman and later an aircraft engine maintenance instructor supervisor with the United States Air Force. Alistair has associate of applied science degrees in aerospace maintenance technology and instructor of military technology from the Community College of the Air Force, as well as a bachelor of science degree in physics from McMurry University in Abilene, Texas.
Mack has welcomed Willie Wells to its to its Headquarters as a quality engineer, with responsibility for compliance with our customers’ quality requirements. Before joining Mack, Willie served as a quality front line manager at Unilever Ben & Jerry’s in Waterbury, Vt. He also gained previous quality and engineering experience as a quality analysis/quality control engineer with C3NANO in Hayward, Calif. Willie has a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering from San Jose State University in California, as well as a master of science degree in chemical engineering from the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks. Additionally, he is a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and ASQ certified.
Dan Atkins has accepted the role of associate manufacturing engineer on manufacturing team at the Company’s headquarters, supporting manufacturing activities, including trouble-shooting day-to-day production issues, repairing production equipment, validating new processes and implementing continuous improvement initiatives, on medical programs. Dan has a bachelor of science in manufacturing engineering technology from Vermont Technical College in Randolph Center, Vt., where he also earned an associate of science degree in mechanical engineering technology.
Mack’s East Arlington, Vt., facility has welcomed Sarah Gilligan to the Mack North human resources team as an HR generalist. Sarah, who most recently served as a merchandise systems administrator at Orvis in Sunderland, Vt., before joining Mack previously served as a staff accountant and human resources coordinator at the Equinox Golf Resort & Spa in Manchester Center, Vt. She also previously gained HR experience as a recruiting and administrative assistant/intern at Creative Financial Staffing/BlumShapiro in West Hartford, Conn. A graduate of Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Conn., she has a bachelor of science degree in business marketing.
Alex Bacon has joined the Company as a cost estimator in the purchasing department at headquarters; however, he first entered Mack’s doors as an intern in 2016. He will be responsible for providing cost and lead-time estimates for outside parts, tooling, materials, goods, and services in support of new product opportunities and product realization. During his tenure as a Mack intern, Alex developed a keen understanding of Mack’s programs and processes as he served on the metals, medical manufacturing, sales and engineering and materials management teams. He has a bachelor of science in business administration from Castleton University in Castleton, Vt.
Former intern Samantha Pearce has accepted a position as a human resources administrator, with responsibilities for orienting new employees, maintaining the integrity of physical and electronic files and generally supporting HR functions. She had previously served as a health services and human resources intern for the Company since 2016. She has a bachelor of science degree in public health from Rivier University in Nashua, N.H., and is currently working on her master of public health degree with the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine.
About Mack Molding
Mack Molding is a leading custom plastics molder and supplier of contract manufacturing services. Mack specializes in plastics design, prototyping, molding, sheet metal fabrication, full-service machining and medical device manufacturing. Founded in 1920, Mack is a privately owned business that operates 11 facilities throughout the world. Don Kendall is CEO and chairman. For more information, go to www.mack.com.
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